LRSE Offers Solutions For New Regulations Prohibiting Use of Life Floats and the Rigid Buoyant Apparatus

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As of February 26, 2016, All Commercial Vessels Must Meet New Guidelines

Life Raft & Survival Equipment has been selling and servicing major brands of life rafts and inflatable boats and safety equipment for 30 years.

This new regulation has a lot of people scrambling. Between now and February 26th, there are approximately 15,000 vessels that will need to update their life rafts.

TIVERTON, RI (PRWEB)September 16, 2015

In a USCG regulation passed earlier this year, all vessels carrying life floats and or a rigid buoyant apparatus are required to replace them by February 26, 2016. These regulations mark the end of Life Floats and the Rigid Buoyant Apparatus, which have been used for years as a less expensive alternative to traditional survival rafts.

According to the new USCG regulations, all vessels required to carry survival rafts must now carry rafts that “ensure no part of an individual is immersed in water.”

LRSE President Jim O’Connor, “This new regulation has a lot of people scrambling. Between now and February 26th, there are approximately 15,000 vessels that will need to update their life rafts. The most popular replacement for Life Floats and the Rigid Buoyant Apparatus is the Inflatable Buoyant Apparatus (IBA). We have already had dozens of requests for IBAs from our clients and will definitely see many more before February.”

If you are unsure if your survival craft meets these new regulations, the USCG is urging customers to contact certified sales and servicing centers for more information on the regulation changes.

About Life Raft & Survival Equipment, Inc: Life Raft & Survival Equipment, Inc. has been servicing and supplying major brands of life rafts and marine safety equipment to the public for over 30 years. Headquartered in Tiverton, Rhode Island, LRSE is one of the largest U.S. Coast Guard approved servicing facilities in the country. For added customer convenience, LRSE has pick-up locations throughout the Northeast, New York and New Jersey. For more information about the company, visit http://lrse.com/.